{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1256\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fprq2\fcharset2 Music;}{\f1\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset178 Arial;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\f0\fs144\par \cf1 E\cf0\f1\rtlch\fs28\par \pard\tab\tab\tab\tab\par \tab\tab\cf1\b PRINCESS YUM-YUM\b0 , by Roger Fritz, 10-1-93\par \par \tab Princess Yum-yum rides in state,\par \tab her elephants five abreast.\par \tab They leap and dance in synchrony.\par \tab Musicians skirl a harmony.\par \tab A thousand feathers caress the air,\par \tab children leaping everywhere.\par \tab The palm trees calmly wait.\tab\par \par \tab The princess herself reclines at rest\par \tab in a howdah way up high.\par \tab Her ribbons sing. The music brings \par \tab a tear to an elephant's eye.\par \tab She strokes the air, and her languid hand\par \tab shivers the air like a cat.\par \tab She's jeweled and festooned,\par \tab and lilac-silk-pantalooned,\par \tab and gorgeously, wonderfully fat.\par \par \tab From her larkspur eyes and her hennaed hair\par \tab down to her waist her body is bare,\par \tab except for the butterflies touching down there\par \tab and swirling away again into the air.\par \tab Her belly and breasts and arms are cream.\par \tab Her smile is something once seen in a dream\par \tab and never forgotten.\par \tab Banners and flags, confetti, balloons,\par \tab jugglers, full orchestras, druids in flight,\par \tab fireworks, dancing girls, stilt-men, buffoons,\par \tab the procession spreads joy far into the night,\par \tab and then they all dance by the bonfire's light,\par \tab and sleep and make love by the light of the moon.\par \par \tab The Princess Yum-yum sleeps in state.\par \tab One hand's off the edge of her pillow.\par \tab Her silk pavilion with silver threads\par \tab blooms by the weeping willow.\par \tab The moonlight seduces the night-blooming flowers.\par \tab Their perfume suffuses the silvery hours.\par \tab Tiny bells on branches ring.\par \tab The princess spreads her dreams like wings.\par \tab Ans blessings descend in showers.\par }